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April 2, 2010
REVIEW - As a piece of filmmaking, 'Why Did I Get Married Too?' fails on almost every conceivable level...
April 2, 2010
REVIEW - My hat is off to him for his success, but going to his movies is not how I…
April 2, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Janet Jackson unleashes her anger in an over-the-top, dramatic and staggering way in the latest Tyler…
March 30, 2010
SLIDESHOW - TheGrio takes a look at Hollywood's version of a black presidency...
March 24, 2010
Perry has assembled a brilliant cast of seasoned and highly capable actresses coupled with an obvious blessing from author Shange,…
March 19, 2010
theGrio recently caught up with Townsend to discuss his newest project and to determine whether Hollywood is still doing the…
February 26, 2010
OPINION - While I question his method behind his movie characters, at least Perry puts his money where his mouth…
February 24, 2010
Robert Pattinson, the heartthrob from the "Twilight" series, has upset a few people...
February 19, 2010
BERLIN (AP) - Gerard Depardieu has rejected the discussion over his right to play mixed-race author Alexandre Dumas because he…
February 19, 2010
OPINION - It took 74 years for the Academy Awards to acknowledge a black female as best actress. How long…
February 9, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - Without having neatly-packaged shows ready-made in front of her, as a child, Gina Prince-Bythewood developed an appreciation…
February 5, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- On Tuesday morning, just before the 2010 Academy Award nominations were announced, screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher couldn't…
January 15, 2010
REVIEW - Albert and Allen Hughes return with another stylized, moody tale -- this time depicting a post-apocalyptic future featuring…
December 23, 2009
OPINION - For most readers, every "best of" list has a few near misses and at least one curious "WTF?"…
December 15, 2009
OPINION - This film that is so highly revered in Hollywood as one of the best American films ever made,…
November 27, 2009
OPINION - A step away from Cinderella traditions, this film has the privileged would-be monarch being transformed by his association…
November 24, 2009
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Filmmaker Tyler Perry has donated $1 million to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People…
November 20, 2009
OPINION - First is the buzz over Hollywood's usual alternative to the raw black pathology selling "Precious:" the "feel good"…
November 6, 2009
Fears that the movie would be viewed as exploitative, or suggest that all black women are like Precious nearly prevented…
November 5, 2009
OPINION - The lesson we can learn as mothers from Precious is to think about our daily conversations and interactions…